Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread xtra209
> -- > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:05:59 -0500 > From: xtra209 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet? > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; char

[Emc-users] new 5 axis simulation

2007-11-14 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, I tried to copy the files to new file names so I could modify them. I changed the call in the ini file - from 5axis_sim.hal to 5axisbridge_sim.hal I copied the file 5axis_sim.hal to 5axisbridge_sim.hal I changed the call in the hal file - from 5axisgui to 5axisbridgegui I copied the fi

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread Ray Henry
We've missed the easiest way to update an off line machine with 6.06 and I suspect later versions. Just download the deb, drag it onto the desktop and click on it. The system is smart enough to recognize a deb and start the package management stuff. Ray On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 16:36 +0200, Alex

Re: [Emc-users] new 5 axis simulation

2007-11-14 Thread Alex Joni
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 22:15 +, ben lipkowitz wrote: > at build time, stuff in src/emc/usr_intf/axis/scripts/ gets copied to bin/ > stripped of its .py extension and made executable. this is done in the > Makefile, and for some odd reason each script has its own entry there. so, > add 5axisbr

Re: [Emc-users] new 5axis simulation

2007-11-14 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, Thank you for the reply. I placed the '5axisbridgegui.py' in the src/emc/user_intf/axis/Submakefile. In the section with the other .py files. I did ./configure --enable-run-in-place and make and make setuid. The tk shell representation of the machine comes up but the feedback in the

Re: [Emc-users] new 5 axis simulation

2007-11-14 Thread ben lipkowitz
at build time, stuff in src/emc/usr_intf/axis/scripts/ gets copied to bin/ stripped of its .py extension and made executable. this is done in the Makefile, and for some odd reason each script has its own entry there. so, add 5axisbridgegui to the Makefile, or just rename the binary, or make a s

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread paul_c
On Wednesday 14 November 2007 18:24, Jon Elson wrote: > xtra209 wrote: > > Updating emc2 seems impossible without an internet connection on the > > machine. Is this true? True - Either to download packages, or CD images. > > So far the only way I have successfully updated emc2 is to wait for the

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread Jon Elson
xtra209 wrote: > Hi, > > Updating emc2 seems impossible without an internet connection on the > machine. Is this true? I am sure it is possible to do it by downloading files to some portable media, but please don't ask me to tell you how! > So far the only way I have successfully updated emc2 is

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issue

2007-11-14 Thread Jon Elson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new to this group and also to EMC. > > I have just succesfully installed Ubuntu 6.0.6 and EMC and updated it to > 2.2 without problems. > > When I tried to configure EMC however, I was confronted to the latency > issue (close to 100 uS) mentioned i

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread Jeff Epler
apt supports offline operation with the "--print-uris" option. You can find various instructions on how to do this, though I have never tried it myself. e.g., http://olympus.het.brown.edu/cgi-bin/dwww?type=text/plain&location=/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/offline.text.gz Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread Alex Joni
You need to copy the emc2 2.2.1 deb package. You can find it here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/emc2/dists/dapper/emc2.2/binary-i386/ Maybe if you try to install it (dpkg -i /path/to/emc2_2.2.1_i386.deb) it will tell you there are some dependencies missing. You should write those down, and write me a

[Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread xtra209
Hi, Updating emc2 seems impossible without an internet connection on the machine. Is this true? My trusty USB flash drive means I can transfer the files easily from another internet connected machine. I tried downloading and copying the 2.2.1 source files and there is no GCC compiler in the Ub

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issue

2007-11-14 Thread Jeff Epler
On Linux, modifying system files requires the use of administrator ("root") privileges. I would do an activity like this in the terminal window with "sudo": sudo cp rtai_smp.ko /usr/realtime-2.6.15-magma/modules/rtai_smi.ko (assuming you have already changed to the directory where you compiled

Re: [Emc-users] O Codes

2007-11-14 Thread John Thornton
On 14 Nov 2007 at 3:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Where is a reference to the operators that are allowed in looping? > > The user manual. > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode_main.html > > Slightly hidden in the sections "Expressions and Binary Operations" > and "Unary Operation Value

[Emc-users] Latency issue

2007-11-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all, I'm new to this group and also to EMC. I have just succesfully installed Ubuntu 6.0.6 and EMC and updated it to 2.2 without problems. When I tried to configure EMC however, I was confronted to the latency issue (close to 100 uS) mentioned in the docuentation, related to MSI boards.